Jeimer Candelario, who the New York Yankees imported on a whim ahead of the trade deadline, has been remarkably bad after coming over from the Cincinnati Reds. But damn, he can still obliterate a baseball.
There was a moment when Candelario felt like a viable midseason addition for the Yanks. Unfortunately, that moment was 2023, when he racked up 3.1 bWAR and a 126 OPS+ with the Washington Nationals before being dealt to the Chicago Cubs, finishing the year with above-average offensive numbers in a pennant race. That offseason, the Reds signed him to a three-year deal, and he survived on the roster for almost half of it, looking either a step slow or injured at nearly every turn.